Georgia · Private foundation
Terrell Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $48k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $979k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Terrell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $48k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $28k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $44k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $59k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $50k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $60k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $40k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Academy Inc | $89,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Athens Community Council on Aging Inc | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Downtown Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Athens Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chosen for Life Ministries Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sparrows Nest Mission Church Inc | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Athens Land Trust Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Athens Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Academy Inc | $89,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Athens Community Council on Aging Inc | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Downtown Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Athens Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chosen for Life Ministries Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sparrows Nest Mission Church Inc | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Athens Land Trust Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Athens Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Adventure Bags Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Extra Special People Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spring Creek Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($230k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Terrell Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · The Alice and Noah N Langdale Jr Foundation Inc · The Winthrop Foundation of Athens G · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Thomas McKey Tillman Foundation Inc · The Elizabeth Price Dolvin Foundation Tr · Lonnie L Michael Foundation · Walton Electric Trust Inc · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
How this is measured
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About Terrell Family Foundation
- How much does Terrell Family Foundation give?
- Terrell Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $48,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Terrell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (64%), Human Services (12%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Terrell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Athens Academy Inc ($89k), The University of Georgia Foundation ($45k), Athens Community Council on Aging Inc ($16k).
- Does Terrell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Terrell Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Terrell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Athens Area Community Foundation Inc, The Alice and Noah N Langdale Jr Foundation Inc, The Winthrop Foundation of Athens G.
- Where is Terrell Family Foundation based?
- Terrell Family Foundation is based in GA.
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